Category: Classic Rock

Credit: Nick McCabeCreedence Clearwater Revisited, the spinoff group led by founding Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford and bassist Stu Cook, recently announced plans to retire from the road after completing its next touring cycle. Clifford tells ABC Radio that he and Cook, who both turned 74 last month, have multiple reasons for wanting to stop touring. “Traveling on the road just takes a toll on your body and mind,” Cosmo explains. “We both have grandchildren, and it’s time to do something else also musically. And so, we’ve made…

ABC/Photo courtesy of Bethel MuseumJohn Fogerty will appear in interview segments featured in a new episode of the ABC documentary series 1969 titled “Generation Woodstock,” which airs tonight at 10 p.m. ET. The program will focus on two historic 1969 events, the Woodstock Music & Arts Festival in upstate New York and the Stonewall Uprising, the riots staged in New York City’s Greenwich Village by members of the local LGBTQ community, which took place in August and June, respectively. In addition to Fogerty, whose old band Creedence Clearwater Revival was…

Courtesy of Max Weinberg Max Weinberg, longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen‘s E Street Band, will receive an honorary Doctor of Music degree this Saturday, May 25, from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Weinberg says Lafayette was his first choice of a college to attend but he wasn’t accepted for admission. However, in 1974, he wound up playing a sold-out concert with Springsteen on campus at the Allan P. Kirby Field House. Weinberg will be presented his degree at the school’s 184th Commencement, at 2:15 p.m. ET in Fisher Stadium, by…

Credit: Frank MelfiRobert Plant and his backing group, The Sensational Space Shifters, have added a new festival performance to their upcoming North American tour. The founding Led Zeppelin singer and his current band will perform at the CityFolk festival, scheduled from September 12 through September 15 at Landsdowne Park in Ottawa, Canada. According to CBC News, Plant and company will headline the festival’s final day. Other artists on the bill include, Bush, Live, R&B singer Leon Bridges and acclaimed Americana artist Lucinda Williams. Pre-sale tickets for the CityFolk fest will…